Boats in Skyrim

[DaedalusMachina]

I have an idea for a mod. I don't think this qualifies so much as a request so much as I'm curious to know how complicated it would be to create a new form of transportation.

 

The general premise is a boat floats in the water, you sit in it, and you can row it. Essentially, it has the same controls as a horse, except of course, no jumping. To get in, activate the seat. Getting off causes you to stand in the boat.

 

To summarize:

 

Boat ---- Floats on water. Can't go on land. Affected by current. Controls identical to horse, no jumping. No "mounted combat" (in case this follows a similar pattern to horse riding).

Player ---- Sits on boat. Rows the boat.

 

BONUS QUESTION: You have a follower. How hard would it be to have the follower sit across from you. For ease of answer, the follower doesn't have to "get in the boat" but can just warp and sit. When you stand, they do.

[dling]

A mod like this was done for Oblivion some time back. So I don't suppose it should be too much more complicated for skyrim. Just have to wait/find someone who's willing to make it

[JanusForbeare]

I've already seen a couple of mods for sail-able ships on the Nexus. I haven't downloaded any yet, though, because I figured that they couldn't possibly be stable this early in the proverbial game.

 

Here's one.

 

Here's another.

Edited July 18, 2012 by JanusForbeare

[Korodic]

Nice suggestions. I was actually going to make the first one, looks like someone beat me to it (though I feel I could do it better ;P). Anyways, the first one only does fast travel, not real time. The second does real time, but looks weird and looks pretty buggy.

[dling]

Nice suggestions. I was actually going to make the first one, looks like someone beat me to it (though I feel I could do it better ;P). Anyways, the first one only does fast travel, not real time. The second does real time, but looks weird and looks pretty buggy.

 

There is still a niche you can hit mate, there are like 10 or 11 rowboats around skyrim, making them activatable and rowable and then replacing them would still count as a fresh mod, and would look a whole lot better

[DaedalusMachina]

Beyond that, you can also make them owned, so you'd be stealing a boat.

[Veltoss]

I don't know much about this type of stuff, but the first thing that came to my mind would be to create new mounts using small boat models, replace the animations for getting in and sitting down, and make it only work on water. Might not be possible or too difficult but I thought I'd share my thoughts. :P

[Korodic]

J3x did it with a broom, maybe we could do it with a boat. But with that said, his broom whineys like a horse, and you ride it like a horse. It'd be difficult to manipulate that.Only thing I could think of is tethering a boat to a horse like a carriage is to a horse.

 

So when you activate the boat you would be turned invisible and a clone of yourself would be place X Y and Z units above the boat (where the wheel would be distanced form the center) have AI to take the wheel to look liek you're driving, when you'd really be on the horse. When the horse swims the boat moves.

 

That's the best idea I could come up with. XD

[dling]

Mikes magical mounts removed the ney'ing sound when riding something else, like a deer or a spider. so I suppose to do this one would probably have to rip open Mike's Mounts and the flying broom mods to see how they do it. Then work from that

 

EDIT: I've favourited this page to keep an eye on it :)

Edited July 19, 2012 by dling

[DaedalusMachina]

Nice to see this discussion is making waves (nerp nerp). However, nobody has yet touched the bonus question, is it possible to make your companion board the boat somehow?

 

Also, if the carriage (opening) is sittable as well as mobile, that's probably the best place to start. Combine that with how horse graphics work, and you might be able to come up with something that you sit, animate, and move.

Edited July 19, 2012 by DaedalusMachina